Machine for pegging boots and shoes



PATENTED OCT. 28, 1851.

A. O. GALLAHUE.

MACHINE FOR PEGGING BOOTS OR SHOES;

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ALPHEUS O. GALLAHUE, OF METAMORAS, OHIO.

MACHINE FOR PEGG-ING BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 8,465, dated October 28, 1851.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALPHEUS O. GALLA- H'Un, of Metamoras, in the countyof Washington and State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Machines for Pegging Boots and Shoes; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full and clear description thereof,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of thisspecification.

Figure 1is an elevation of the implement for forming the holes for thepegs; also an end view of the last and its holder, showing the method ofattaching the last to a block forming the holder. Fig. 2-is an end viewof the same implement and the side of the last holder. Fig. 3is anelevation of the implement used in cut-ting the pegs and driving theminto the holes previously made by implement Fig. 1also showing theposition of the last. Fig. 4is an end view of Fig. 3With the hammerraised: showing the stop plate S, the position of the peg wood in theguide plates, and the manner of suspending the sliding frame carryingthe peg wood, by means of the helical spring. The dotted lines in thisfigure showing the position of the knife by which the pegs are cut, Fig.5is a vertical sectional View of Fig. 3showing the manner in which thepeg wood is forced up to the stop plate by the fingers operated on bythe helical spring Q as also showing the position of the knife. Fig. 6isa birds eye View of the base of the implement for cutting and drivingthe pegs, also showing the manner in which the sliding frame carryingthe peg wood is united to the upright frame; by V shaped tenons enteringgrooves therein.

Where the same letters of reference occur on the above figures theyindicate the same parts.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of animplementby which the pegs are cut and driven into the holes formed bythe above implement (Fig. 1.).

To enable others to construct and use my invention I will proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

The last which is of the usual form is inverted and placed on a hollowblock of wood X, represented in the drawings Fig. 2, said block having aslight hollow to receive the upper side of the toe, and is held firmlythereon by means of a clamp formed of bent pieces of iron V, one end ofwhich passes to the under side of the last block the other made to pressupon the surface of the leather on the last by means of an iron stirrupclamp 21, embracing it and the last the greater facility in operatingupon the last, the remainder of the bench is left flat. Through thisbench passes an upright ac commodating clamp 25' provided with a helicalspring (a) surrounding it, serving thus to accommodate the clamp 2. tolarger or smaller lasts, by elevating or depressing the lever r passingthrough the lower end of said clamp and kept in its place by a wedge 3/.On the side of this clamp there is a shoulder 7' which pressing on theleather sole confines it to the laston the withdrawal of'the awls79,this is provided with a set screw and block .9, serving as the guideby which the holes are punched at a proper distance from the edge of thesole. The awls 79, are operated on by the spring treadle n, 12, shown inFig. l. y

The peg cutter, and driver, is constructed of metal, forming a handimplement by which the pegs are split off the peg wood, and driven intothe sole, at one operation.

A forming the bottom of the implement (see Figs. 6 and 8) is an openplate the sides and one end of which are solid, the other end isprovided with a knife I, placed across it, and to which it is firmlyunited :The opening in the plate A is closed with plates J, R, formingthe bottom .of the peg wood holder, and is suspended in the uprightplates B, B, by the frame K which plays in grooved ways onthe inneredges of the plate B, by means of a helical spring L, attached to theupper portion of the opening at M, Fig. 5, and to the top of the slidingframe K.

On the suspended plates J R are raised plates N Fig. 4 forming three ormore parallel ways or openings for holding loosely the peg wood 9 g andwhich is prevented rising out of those ways by a plate O, Fig. 6, whichforms the cover. This plate O, has a slot P through nearly its wholelength and through which passes the end of the bentplate B Fig. 5. Tanother bent plate provided with fingers T which force up to the stopplate S to be operated on by the knife I, the pegwood by means of thehelical spring Q thus rendering it self-feeding. This plate 0, is notunited with the ways holding the peg wood, but is movable so that thewood may be introduced from the top and is confined to the ways by ahold fast R a part of plate R rising from the bottom of the box holdingthe peg wood and is kept in its place by a hook o.

S represents a gage plate against which the peg wood is forced by thefingers on T by the helical spring Q, and admits of adjustment by slotsand bolts represented in Fig. 3 by which means the peg wood is madefiner or coarser as required in the quality of the work. The cutter anddriver of the pegs Figs. 3, 4:, 5, 6, is composed of an open plate A,Fig. 6, upon which is raised the plate 13, Fig. 4 the edges of whichserve as guides to the hammer rod C. This upright plate B, enters ablock D Fig. 3 through which also passes the movable rodC carrying theplates E, F, the use of which is to force the peg wood on the knife andwith the same stroke drive it into the holes previously made by theimplement Fig. 1. This driver C is composed of a rod having a head onits upper end for receiving the stroke of the hammer to efiect itsdescent. On its lower end there is a vertical plate E, that operates onthe peg-wood, parallel towhich and slightly removed is another plate F,Whose use is to close up the leather to the pegs; another object ofplate F, is to break the force of the stroke which would otherwise forcethe pegs below the surface of the leather. Near the end of the driver C,is laced at right angles thereto the arms G, Fig. 4, which embrace theedges H Fig. 3, of the upright plate B, entering the grooves therein andthus guides the vertical movement of the driver C. Around the hammer rodC, and between the block D, and the cap of the hammer rod is placed thehelical spring 5, by the reaction of which the hammer rod is raised foranother stroke.

Having thus described my improvements in the implement for peggingshoes, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Splitting the peg from the peg wood and driving it into the sole ofthe shoe by a single blow of the plate E, acting on the peg wood andforcing it upon the knife I, subnesses.

. A. C. GALLAHUE. o Witnesses:

JOHN F. CLARK,

A. E. H. JOHNSON.

